Mercedes-Benz SLC review

Seventy per cent of British SLK buyers bought the 250d diesel version once it was released, for the third generation version. You can see why – it hardly spoils an incisive handling car, and it’ll do up to 64.2mpg and emit a decidedly supermini-sized 114g/km of CO2. The new SLC 43 will be hardly any cheaper to run than the old V8, we’re afraid, as it’s a mere 2.6mpg more efficient. Was it really necessary to purge the naturally aspirated 5.5-litre V8 when it sounded so good? Hmm… saying that, it is about £10k cheaper than before, and the SLC range in general seems like pretty decent value alongside cars such as the 718 Boxster.